![]() (Sebastian Stan fans may want to make special note. The film also gets the most out of its very attractive cast, with sex scenes that are frank but not explicit while also, well, more than a little hot. There is a lot to like about “Endings, Beginnings,” not least it being a romantic drama that treats the emotional lives of its late 20-something/early 30-something characters with depth and seriousness. Stan does well as a sly charmer, while Dornan has the drier part of playing solid and dependable. Woodley often plays in a similar register of sullen and withdrawn as her character on TV’s “Big Little Lies,” but rather than the underlying rage of that performance, here she fills it with a light trying to peek out from behind the clouds. “Endings, Beginnings” comes down to the strengths of its central trio and all three are compelling performers in their own way. We present our interviews from the TIFF premiere of Drake Doremus’ new film Endings,Beginnings starring Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan, Matth. The sequences also start to feel padded, as if there wasn’t enough movie to go around. With stronger material to start with, the actors might have conveyed the film’s scenario more convincingly.ĭoremus also over-relies on montages to fill in the gaps between proper scenes and in the characters’ developing relationships. Directed by Drake Doremus and written by Jardine Libaire and Drake Doremus, starring Shailene Woodley as Daphne, Jamie Dornan as Jack, Sebastian Stan as Frank. The film’s languid tone of post-sex haze and late-afternoon sunshine comes across as limp and underdeveloped, leaving the actors, not the characters, frequently seeming lost and unsure of themselves within the scenes. Though with a screenplay credited to Doremus and novelist Jardine Libaire, the film is reported to be semi-improvised, much to its detriment. When it turns out they are close friends, a complicated situation becomes even trickier. Naturally, she soon meets both the stable Jack (Jamie Dornan) and unpredictable Frank (Sebastian Stan) and finds herself equally drawn to them. ![]() Daphne ( Shailene Woodley) breaks up with her long-time boyfriend, quits her job and moves into her sister’s poolhouse all in one week, vowing off men and alcohol for six months. Directed by Drake Doremus, “Endings, Beginnings” is set amid a familiar world of young creative types in Los Angeles.
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